http://www.oftheeising1776.com/us-iran-foreign-policy-fifty-six-years-of-getting-it-wrong Ideas and commentary with allegiance to neither the left nor the right, but only to this sweet land of liberty. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.oftheeising1776.com/us-iran-foreign-policy-fifty-six-years-of-getting-it-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-183 Hal Gershowitz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:19:03 +0000 http://www.oftheeising1776.com/?p=367#comment-183 While we believe the Bush Administration could, and should, have used diplomatic pressure or, if necessary, military assets to blockade or otherwise interdict shipments of uranium enriching technology to Iran, Bush did call for other countries and companies to stop doing business with three Iranian banks...Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat which are among Iran's largest financial institutions. The first two have helped finance Iran's proliferation program, and Saderat has been cited for helping finance terrorism. We agree, however, that Bush Administration steps were ineffective. While we believe the Bush Administration could, and should, have used diplomatic pressure or, if necessary, military assets to blockade or otherwise interdict shipments of uranium enriching technology to Iran, Bush did call for other countries and companies to stop doing business with three Iranian banks…Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat which are among Iran’s largest financial institutions. The first two have helped finance Iran’s proliferation program, and Saderat has been cited for helping finance terrorism. We agree, however, that Bush Administration steps were ineffective.

]]> http://www.oftheeising1776.com/us-iran-foreign-policy-fifty-six-years-of-getting-it-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-180 JOYCE GRUENBERG Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:19:54 +0000 http://www.oftheeising1776.com/?p=367#comment-180 VERY INTERESTING...DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE SANCTIONS THAT GEORGE BUSH ISSUED DURING THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I BET BUSH AND OBAMA WOULD PLAY BETTER GOLF IF THEY COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU WHEN WE DISCUSS REAGAN AND IRAN-CONTRA. VERY INTERESTING…DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE SANCTIONS THAT GEORGE BUSH ISSUED DURING THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I BET BUSH AND OBAMA WOULD PLAY BETTER GOLF IF THEY COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU WHEN WE DISCUSS REAGAN AND IRAN-CONTRA.

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